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Nrrn "rrns FRANCIS BRIGHAM, WILBUR F. BRIGHAM, AND S. MYRON HEWITT, OF HUDSON, AND WILLIAM F. PRUSHA, OF MARLBOROUGH, MASS.

WATER-PROOF FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,031, dated March 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANCIS BRIGHAM, WILBUR F. BRIGHAM, and S. MYRoN Hnw- ITT, of Hudson, and WILLIAM F. PRUSHA, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Water-Proof Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to produce a light, thin, water-proof fabric for dress and similar goods ornamented with figures and colors to resemble ordinary dress and similar goods which are not of the water-proof class.

Heretofore light water-proof fabrics have been ornamented and the appearance of a cloth surface preserved in the manner suited for dress and similar goods only by embossing, as shown in our Patent No. 209,450, granted October 29, 1878. In that patent, however, the ornamental surface was formed by embossing alone, and gave the fabric embossed figures formed only by impressing on the surface figures resembling that of watered silks and the like. Only such an appearance, or one of the same general character, could be given to the goods by the process described in that patent, and the goods, though figured, could be of only one color.

It is desirable, however, to have dress and similar goods thoroughly water-proof and capable of resisting without injurious effects exposure to any amount of moisture, and yet having an ornamental surface of figures and colors like dress goods heretofore ordinarily worn or used.

Our invention consists of a light, thin fabric, woven or otherwise formed, covered with a waterproofing of rubber composition, or a composition in all respects equivalent thereto, printed with ornamental colors and figures (embossed or plain) to resemble ordinary dress or similar goods.

In carrying out our invention we take thin goods of material and texture suited to the kind of use for which they are intended, and cover them with a coating of a composition the ingredients and proportions of which are as follows: We take as a basis ten pounds of india-rubber in its natural condition and thirty pounds of whiting. For black goods we add to these three pounds of lamp-black. These ingredients are ground together and then dissolved in benzine. V

If it be desired to makethe ground of the goods white, in place of the lamplilack we add two pounds of zinc-white.

To give a red color to the goods, we use vermilion instead of either of the two named, and for other colors may use other mineral pigments; but in all cases the rubber and whiting constitute the bulk of the mass, though other known equivalents for rubber maybe used.

The proportions may be somewhat varied, though we have found those stated to give the best results.

This composition is spread upon the cloth in the manner well known in the art, and forms a basis for receiving the colors and holding them in sharp, clear lines without running or blurring, and so as to make well-defined and ornamental figures. On this prepared surface we print, in colors suited thereto, and by ordinary machinery and means used for such purposes, such figures and shades as may bedcsired. In addition to this ornamentation, we may also apply the mode of embossing described in our patent heretofore referred to. WVhether this embossing be used or not, the product is a desirableimitation of figured goods in ordinary colors, and having What may be called a cloth surface, as in our former patent heretofore referred to, and all the colors and beauty of appearance of such ordinary dress and similar goods, with the valuable quality, in addition, of capacity to resist or repel moisture.

These goods may be used for cloaksand similar garments, and are especially adapted for such uses as the covers of pianos and the like. They may be printed in any colors and figures adapted to the particular use for which they are intended.

We have contemplated also thus coating and ornamentingpaper, which may be thus rendered water-proof and printed with colors and figures, and embossed or not to furnish an article precisely the same in appearance as the ordinary wall-paper, but water-proof and capable of being cleaned without injury.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A water-proof fabric for dress and other goods having a surface of the described waterproof composition and impressed with figures and colors, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS BRIGHAM. WILBUR F. BRIGHAM. S. MYRON HEWITT. WILLIAM F. PRUSHA. Witnesses to signatures of Francis Brigham, Wilbur F. Brigham, and S. Myron Hewitt:

JAMES T. J osL1N, WALDO B. BRIGHAM. Witnesses to signature of William F. Prusha:

L. W. SEELY, F. L. MIDDLETON. 

